Combination convertible nursery chair and table.



y 'Li-ENSL COMBINATION CONVERTIBLE NURSERY lCHAIR AND TABLE.

Patented Sept. 3, 1918.

- y n T. ERNST.

COMBINATION cQNvE'HTBLPNuR'SE-RY CHAIR AND TABLE.

Patented Sept. 3.1918.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 9. 1918,

THEODORE ERNST, OF BAYFIELD, WISCONSIN.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept, 1918.

'Application led. May 9, 1918. Serial No. 233,458.

description ofthe invention, such as will enable others skilled in theart to which it appertains to make and use the same. n

This invention relates to an improved combination convertible vnurseryor high chair and table, and one of the objects of the invention is toprovide a simple, improved and eiiicient device of this kind, comprisingbut few parts, consequently affordinga practical device. n

' A further object of the invention is the provision of a device of thiskind, which may be manufactured at a small cost and sold at a reasonableprofit.

A further object of the invention is to provide a combinationconvertible nursery chair and table consisting of an upper section and alower section hingedly united, whereby the lower section may be invertedin order to be used or employed as a table. n

A further object of the invention is to provide the adjacent ends of thesections of the rear' legs of the chair with wheels or rollers, wherebywhen the lower section of the chair is inverted the two sections will besupported on the wheels, so that the device maybe easily portable fromone place to another.

A further object of the invention is the provision of tensioning meansof holding the chair section in a super-imposed position on the tablesection, or the table section inverted and in a position adjacent thechair section.

A further object of the invention is the provision of means on the tablesection, such as a chair rung, to be engaged by the wheels on the legsof the chair section to limit the chair section inits super-imposedposition.'

A further object of the invention is the provision of means, such assliding balls or spherical memberson the 'chair section, to

be played with, in order to render amusement for the baby.

" In practical iields the details of construction may necessitatealterations falling within the scope of what-is claimed. y

The invention comprises further features and combination of parts ashereinafter set forth shown in the drawings and claimed.

In the drawings Figure l is a view in elevation of the corn-L binationnursery chair and table, showing the tablevsection inverted. f

F ig. 2 is asectional view through Fig. l.

Fig. 3 is a view in front elevation of the combination nursery chair andtable, show- .'ing theY chair section super-imposed on the tablesection.

Fig. 4 is a sectional view on line -l of Fig. 3.]

Referring more especially to the drawings, l and 2 designate the twosections of the combination chair and table. The section l comprises thefour legs 3, which form supports for the legs t and 5 of the vchairsection, when superimposed on thel section l, whereby the device may beutilized asfa'high chainj'lhe front. legs of the section l are hingedlyconnected as shown at 6 to the front legs d of the chairsection, wherebythe yfrontlegs l may be extended axially with the front` legs 3 of thesection l', or be collapsed and the section 1 inverted, whereby saidsection l may be used as a table with the chair section adjacentthereto, asshown in Figs. l and 2 clearly. The upper parts of the legs 3of the ysection l are connected and braced by means of the rungs 7.- Thelower parts of the legs 3 are connected and reinforcediby means of atable top 8, which has iianges 9 0n three of its marginal edges. Theseflanges 9 also are connected vto the legs 3 to additionallyl reinforcelsaid legs. The upper parts of the rear legs 3 of the section 1 areconnected by the shaft or rung l0. The chair section 2' additionallycomprises the chair seat'll` a conventional form of back 12,an d thearms, which comprise the arm rests 13 and the substantiallyperpendicular stays or supports le for the rests'.

The forward ends of the arm rests are provided with slots 15 for thereception of the table section 16 for the chair. A pin 17 passes throughthe forks of one of the slotted ends, to secure the table sectionpivotally in place. A spring catch 17a is carried by the forks of theopposite slotted end of the other arm rest, to engage and hold the tablesection detachably in position. In fact by means of the spring catch oneend of the table section may be quickly disconnected from the slottedend of the arm rest, to permit the occupant of the chair to be-removed.An arched shaped rod 18 is fastened on the table section 16, as shown at18a, and mounted slidably on the rod arefballs or spherical members 19which may be moved backward and forward on the rods for amusing thebaby. The chair section 2 is provided with a foot rest 20 whichconsistsof the foot board 21 and the end pieces 22. Extensions 23 of the endpieces 22 are pivoted by means of pins or screws 24 to the front legs etof the chair section. The rear extremities of said extensions 23 engageunder vthe rung 25, which is fastened securely in any suitable manner tothe rear Afaces of the legs 4, whereby the foot rest may be supported inahorizontal position. By so mounting` the foot rest it may be movedupwardly on its pivots as shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, whereby therest may be supported and held out of position by the rung 25, the lowerends of the legs 5 of the chair section being connected by a rung 26,thereby bracing the legs 5.

The upper parts of the legs 5 adjacent where they connect to the chairseat 11 are connected by a rung or shaft 26, and pivoted upon this rungor shaft are the arms or members 261. The lower ends of the arms ormembers 26b are connected by a shaft or rung 26, the extremities ofwhich carry the wheels or rollers 27. When the chairsec'tion 2 issuper-imposed on the section 1 ais shown clearly in Figs. 3 and t, thewheels 27 are idle, but the lower endsof the legs 5 will rest on theupper ends of the rear legs3 of theseetion 1, thereby supporting thechair section. The ends of the rung orshaft l0 have journaled thereonrollers or wheels 29, which when the table section l is inverted, asshown in Figs. 1 and 2, the wheels 29, and also the wheels 27 aredesigned to engage the licor or the like, consequently supporting thefront legs of both sections up offthe flooring. The lower parts of thearms or members 261 are provided with shoulders 26d, designed to engagethe rung 10, of the rear legs 3 of the section 1, to hold the chairsection 2 superimposed on the chair section 1. A pair of springs 3Q areconnected to one of the rungs 7 of the chair section 1. The other endsof the springs 30 are connected at 30a to the arms or members 26h` so asto hold the shoulders 26d in engagement with the rung `10, when thechair section 2 is super imy posed on the chair section 1.

Vhen it is desired to invert the chair section 1, so as to employ thetable 3, the shoulders 26d are disengaged from the rung l0. Afterdisengaging the shoulders from the rung 10 the section 1 may be invertedto the position shown in Figs. 1 and 2. The springs 30 are again putunder tension, holding the two sections as in Figs. 1 and 2, and alsothe armsor members in contact with the rung 26. The end portions 26g ofthe arms or members 26b engage the under face of the chair seat 11, inorder to relieve excessive pressure on the rung 26.

The invention having been set forth what is claimed as new and usefulis:-

1. In a device as set forth, a chair section and a base section, theadjacent ends of the forward legs of both sections being hingedlyunited, the adjacent ends 0f the rear legs of both sections adapted todisengageably abut arms, arms pivoted to the rear part of the chairsection, spring means for said arms, the free ends of said arms and theupper ends of the rear legs of the base section having' wheels tosupport the front legs of both sections spaced upwardly from the floor,when the base section is inverted.

2. In a device as set forth, a chair section and a base section, theadjacent ends of the forward legs of both sections bein' hingcdlyunited, the adjacent ends of t e rear legs of both sections adapted todisengageably abut, arms pivoted to the rear part of the chair sections,the free ends of said arms and the upper ends of the rear legs of thebase section having wheels to support the front legs of both sectionsspaced upwardly from the Hoor, when the base section is inverted, a rungconnecting the upper ends of the rear legs of said base section, saidarms having` shoulders to engage the rung connecting the upper ends ofDthe rear legs of the base section, to hold the chair sectionssuper-imposed on the base section.

In a device as set forth, a chair section and a base section, theadjacent ends of the forward legs of both sections being hingedlyunited, the adjacent ends of the rear legs of both sections adapted todisengageably abut, arms pivoted to the rear part of the chair sections,the free ends of said arms and the upper ends of the rear legs of thebase section having wheels to support the front legs of both sectionsspaced upwardly fromV the door, when the base section is inverted, arung connecting the upper ends of the rear legs of said base section,said arms having shoulders to engage the rung connectingv the upper endsof the rea-r legs of the buse section, to hold the chair sectionssuper-lmposed on the base sectlon, sprmg means connected to the forwardpart of the base sectlon and t0 Saud arms or members,

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specieation n thepresence of two subscribing Witnesses.

lTHEODORE ERNST.

to hold the shoulder in engagement with the Witnesses: rung, or the baseseetlon mverted, and means J. P. OMALLEY5 for llmltmg sind arms ormembers. J. P. KIEL.

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